implore
/ɪmˈploɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing."
- "But again, the Publican by his Confeſſion ſhevveth a piece of the higheſt vviſdom that a mortal Man can ſhevv; becauſe by ſo doing, he engageth as vvell as imploreth the Grace and Mercy of God to ſave him."
- "My daily bread is litt'rally implor'd, / I have no barns nor granaries to hoard; […]"
- "Puling, and in-voiced, rearing up thy deteſted head, in vain imploreſt thou my mercy, vvho, in thy day, haſt ſhevved me ſo little!"
- "[S]he vvas ſeveral times upon the point of throvving herſelf at her feet, and imploring her pity and protection."
- "Then, Matilda, […] witnessed thy despair, received a letter from the hands of Herminia, wherein thou imploredst my assistance; that stranger is an impostor?"
Etymology
PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪmˈploɹ/
- British English: /ɪmˈplɔː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
implores (present, singular)
imploring (participle, present)
implored (participle, past)
implored (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
implored (first person, past)
implorest (archaic, present)
implored (past, second person)
imploredst (archaic, past)
imploreth (archaic, present)
implored (past, singular)